Important Notes on using this site:

Please Read this completely as it explains how to interpret some of the commands that are used throughout the site.

I'm trying not to assume that you know much about linux... But it helps if you understand how to navigate the filesystem at the commandline. You need to know how to use a text editor like pico,vi, or joe to edit configuration files.

Two Really important things to know: If I instruct to comment out a line in a text editor just put a "#" at the beginning of the line. Otherwise if I have a "#" sign followed by instructions that means type that information in your console logged in as the "superuser" "root" or any user with equivilent privileges. If I have a "$" sign followed by instructions, type that information in a console logged in as your usual user account. Before issuing any command I suggest reading the man page for the command. Just type "man commandname"Navigation can be done with the arrow keys and type "q" to exit the man page and return to your console.

This site is really intended to document a project of mine. So things are done in a certain order, usually whatever I think is the fastest way to accomplish the task at hand. However many tasks can be accomplished by different methods. Exploring and trying alternative methods for things is a good way to learn.

When I set up server I may install xwindows but it's really not needed. If you have redhat installed and get SSH installed. You can just secure shell into the server and do everything remotely. The only reason I would have xwindows would be if there was some GUI tool that I really liked better than using the comandline.

So... this is a work in progress and may contain a few errors but I am working on it.